[rossgt]

First, thank you for the selection as Shelby of the Month. It is truly an honor and I am humbled by the selection.

This car has been a dream come true with quite a history as to how it came to be.

It is a family heirloom and I have made provisions for the future.

Again, thank you to all involved in the selection process.

On the stripes. Being a Shelby enthusiast from the 60's the competition cars with the "fender striping" just seemed to be my favorites. Just prior to having my car shipped to Las Vegas for the Birthday Bash in January, I dedicided to apply the striping to identify my car from all the rest. I thought tastefull and simple with a bold statement.

They have been called many things: Rally stripes, FIA stripes, Pit Stripes and Rookie stripes. As I recall reading somewhere, the rookie striping would be in the traditional "yellow" color. Other colors were used also but the primary reason was vehicle identification. Team cars of the same color blasting by the pit areas at over 100 mph had different colors to distinguish the car to the teams. So whatever they are officially called it was identification.

I just wanted to distinguish my car from all the rest.

Thanks again,

Roger